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Nantucket (/ ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t /) is an island in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of the Cape Cod peninsula. [1] Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government. Nantucket is the southeasternmost ...
Nantucket — an island and town of the Cape Cod Region, and county seat of Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 ...
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Alexander Starbuck (1924), History of Nantucket, Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co., OCLC 3813742; Winston Williams (1977), Nantucket Then and Now, being an updated history and guide, New York: Dodd, Mead, OL 4904260M; Nathaniel Philbrick (1993). ""Every Wave Is a Fortune": Nantucket Island and the Making of an American Icon". New England Quarterly.
The "Outer Lands" coloured in green. The Outer Lands is the prominent terminal moraine archipelagic region off the southern coast of New England in the United States. This eight-county region of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York comprises the peninsula of Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, the Elizabeth Islands, Block Island, and Long Island, as well as ...
Satellite photo of Nantucket Island. In spite of numerous statements about island forests as a source for lumber (see 1889 USGS report which only repeats local oral tradition), a strong case can be made that Nantucket has not been forested for the past 4,000 years at least in terms of what is usually thought of as a forest - numerous tall trees ...
Pages in category "Islands of Nantucket, Massachusetts" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is 30 miles (48 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard on the west. [ 1 ]